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Housing in Smallwood

A typical Smallwood home is worth roughly $150,000

Typical home value
$150K
IL $298K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$920
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$2,682
IL $5,298

What kind of housing town is Smallwood?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · Affordability

What it takes to buy in Smallwood

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You could afford about
$280,000
Typical Smallwood home $150K

That covers a typical Smallwood home, with $130K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$1,040
Loan $740Tax $250Insurance $40

A two-bedroom rents for about $920 a month here, $120 less than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, the Illinois typical property tax (2.01% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.

The homes

89% of Smallwood households own their home

Half of Smallwood’s homes were built before 1974.

Owners and renters
Own 89%Rent 11%

Illinois: 67% own.

1974
typical home built · IL 1971
$2,682
median property tax bill · IL $5,298

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $920

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$630
1 bedroom$710
2 bedrooms$920
3 bedrooms$1,100
4 bedrooms$1,320
11%
of households rent · IL 33%

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Clay County, IL): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.

Next door

Smallwood vs. its neighbors

The towns that share a border with Smallwood. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Smallwood$150K*—$920$73,365
Wade$120K*—$920$64,167

Typical value: Zillow Home Value Index; * Census median home value where Zillow has none. † FHFA price index change where Zillow has none. Rent: HUD Fair Market Rent. New homes: Census building permits.

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Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center. Income, ownership, taxes and rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. Fair Market Rents: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Listings link to their publishers. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.

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